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#biomimicry — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #biomimicry, aggregated by home.social.

  1. 🥚 NEW: Space junk threatens #spacecraft and #astronauts. Engineers at Dalian University of #Technology built #aluminum "eggshell" arrays that deform together to spread impact #energy, with #water-filled versions dampening shockwaves further, cutting a projectile’s velocity by nearly 65% in tests.

    👉 popsci.com/technology/egg-insp

    #space #spacejunk #biomimicry #engineering #science #materialsscience #satellite #eggs #tech #physics #innovation #aluminium

  2. Squid skin inspires novel “liquid windows” for greater energy savings - Enlarge / Artist's impression of a "liquid window' prototype inspired b... - arstechnica.com/?p=1914482 #energyandenvironment #chromatophores #thermodynamics #optofluidics #biomimicry #science #animals #biology #physics #squid